New York, US (PANA) – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, has stressed that collective and coordinated efforts from the government as well as regional and international organisations are needed to achieve progress in the east African country.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Efforts being made by the government of Somalia to restore peace and rebuild effective state institutions need support from the international community, Somali Ambassador to Ethiopia Ahmed Abduselam has told a consultative meeting underway here on the reconstruction of the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
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New York, US (PANA) – The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, has expressed grave concern over allegations of rape at a facility of the African Union Mission in the country (AMISOM), and welcomed the government's
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday said about 800 cases of sexual and gender-based violence had been reported in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during the first six months of the year.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Twelve Somali nationals arrested for alleged acts of piracy in January off their country's coast are to tried 7-27 Oct. in Mauritius, according to judiciary sources.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday said an emergency contribution from Japan would enable the agency and its partners to tackle a polio outbreak in Somalia that has already paralyzed nearly 100 children and threatens hundreds of thousands more who are not vaccinated.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Kay has strongly condemned a suicide attack on an office housing Turkish diplomatic staff on Saturday in Mogadishu, which left two dead and several others injured.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended for 16 months the mandate of the UN expert panel monitoring compliance with sanctions against Somalia and Eritrea, while further easing funding and equipment restrictions on the UN and European Union missions in the region.
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New York, US (PANA) - The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed concern over a draft law in Somalia that would require journalists to reveal their sources and prevent them from disseminating information against Islam or Somali traditions.
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New York, US (PANA) – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, has said that an additional US$20 million in crisis funding has come at an opportune time to support the country’s most vulnerable people, particularly children.
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New York, US (PANA) - Mr. John Ging, Director of Operations in the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), says despite gradual improvements in the humanitarian situation in Somalia, the needs remain immense.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Nicholas Kay, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Somalia, on Saturday called for an immediate halt to armed clashes that have flared up again in the southern port city of Kismayo among groups claiming leadership over the "Jubaland" regional administration.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN has expressed outrage at Wednesday's deadly attack on its compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, reiterating that the attack will not deter the organisation from helping the country as it proceeds on the path to stability and development.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, on Sunday called for an immediate end to the fighting in the southern port city of Kismayo, where clashes have reportedly led to civilian deaths.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the international community to support the efforts of the Somali government to tackle outstanding issues vital for the county’s long-term stability.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has agreed to a request from Kenya to champion its quest for an expansion of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at this week's African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, on Thursday stressed the need for widespread support from the international community for the new Somali government to help it succeed in its reform efforts.
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New York, US (PANA) - The US State Department on Thursday said that US assistance to Somalia was aimed at helping to ensure a stable government and to prevent terrorists from establishing a safe haven in the country.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to establish the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia, to be known as UNSOM and based in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, from 3 June for an initial period of 12 months.
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New York, US (PANA) - Representatives of over 85 countries, international organisations, and the private sector, under the aegis of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, will meet at the UN headquarters in New York Wednesday (1May)
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somali police are increasingly playing a more prominent role in keeping their country back on its feet after 22 years of conflict. But peace in Somalia is still a long shot.
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somali President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud, said Tuesday his government’s efforts to pardon some 900 Somali youth engaged in piracy would not be extended to the piracy kingpins.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Sunday attacks on Mogadishu, the Somali capital, are regrettable signs of a prevailing climate of insecurity and violence, a statement said on Tuesday.Full text...

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The war inside Somalia, which has raged for more than 22 years, has taken its toll on the health of the population, forced to live without any semblance of a national health infrastructure for a better part of over two decades.
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least 22 people, including nine Al Shabaab attackers who raided a courthouse in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, were killed while over 50 others were injured in the attack, government officials said Sunday.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mrs. Zainab Bangura, has praised the Somali government's efforts to enhance the protection of women against sexual violence.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Kingdom has announced plans to host a trade and investment conference for Somalia in London during a planned security meeting to be held there in May, the UK Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, said Thursday.
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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is to grant an additional aid of 33 million Euros to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to play its key peacekeeping role in Somalia, a statement issued in Brussels said on Tuesday.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN Special Envoy to Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, said Monday’s explosion near the Somali Presidential Palace, which killed at least seven people, was shocking and saddening.
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council Wednesday evening in New York partially lifted the decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year to help the country in its fight against the armed al-Shabab group.
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New York, US (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is premature for the UN Security Council to consider lifting the arms embargo on Somalia, warning that such a move could see armed groups like Al-Shabab laying their hands on even more weapons, while removing existing mechanisms of transparency and accountability.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described as a major setback for freedom of the media in Somalia Sunday's upholding, by the appeal's court, of the conviction of a journalist who interviewed a woman alleging rape by government forces.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) said Friday claims by the Somali militant group that it had executed one of the six hostages in its custody was a “blatant disregard for human life and dignity”.
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has expressed deep concern over a Mogadishu court’s decision to convict and sentence to one year in prison a 27-year-old alleged rape victim and the journalist who interviewed her.
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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The EU Commission has indicated that security issues and humanitarian aid to Somalia will dominate talks involving the president of the Commission, Manuel Durao Barroso, the EU parliament's Speaker, Martin Schulz, and president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somali, due here Wednesday.
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Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has extended until March 2015 the training mission of the armed forces of Somalia, EUTM/Somalia, the European Commission said in a statement received by PANA here Friday.
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Somali militant group, Al Shabaab, said Monday a French operations commander, who was amongst a group of 50 French troops on a hostage rescue mission in Bulo Marer, had died in captivity.
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